We are honored to award Michael Fisher, Vice President of Community Business Development for COUNTRY Financial, with the Creating a Community That Works Partner Award. Click Photo to Watch VideoRead More

In January, WCIU's The Jam TV Show of WCIU-TV visited Sweet Beginnings on their tour of "the best of the North Lawndale community"! Our President and CEO, Brenda Palms Barber, spoke about our mission and work and Neila Adams and Bob Miller represented our beelovebuzz line of honey and skincare products. Thanks to The Jam TV Show for the feature! Read More

September 1: Households with person age 60+ OR household with a person receiving Social Security Benefits.October 1: Household with disconnected utilities OR household with child under age 5November 1: All eligible households

Our Mission

The North Lawndale Employment Network’s mission is to improve the earnings potential of the North Lawndale community through innovative employment initiatives that lead to economic advancement and an improved quality of life for residents.

We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to work! More importantly, we also believe that our community flourishes when good jobs give residents both paychecks and self-worth.

We help unemployed and underemployed people in the North Lawndale neighborhood and beyond prepare for, find, and succeed at their jobs. Our clients are motivated, trained, equipped, and ready to work—qualities that employers value. We offer donors the chance to invest in an organization with a stellar track record of changing individual lives and improving the community’s quality of life, one person at a time, one job at a time.